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Report Summary

  • 10

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    23% of other websites

  • 98

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 94% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

bg4.me

URL Shortener - Short URLs & Custom Free Link Shortener | Bitly

Page Load Speed

1.9 sec in total

First Response

45 ms

Resources Loaded

914 ms

Page Rendered

968 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Bg4.me page load time and found that the first response time was 45 ms and then it took 1.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

bg4.me performance score

10

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.9 s

26/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value17.9 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.1 s

14/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,780 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.311

38/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value19.3 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

bg4.me

45 ms

bitly.com

100 ms

bitly.com

41 ms

1732570535-css062fd37ce3e76f6ba3d00419afd9beb53beef5fef7af0c71757ea36ffdd1b.css

25 ms

jquery.min.js

72 ms

Our browser made a total of 94 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Bg4.me, 90% (85 requests) were made to Docrdsfx76ssb.cloudfront.net and 3% (3 requests) were made to Bitly.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (542 ms) relates to the external source Js-eu1.hs-scripts.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 96.0 kB (5%)

Content Size

1.9 MB

After Optimization

1.8 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Bg4.me main page is 1.9 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 80% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 1.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 91.0 kB

  • Original 114.7 kB
  • After minification 114.7 kB
  • After compression 23.7 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 91.0 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 868 B

  • Original 1.6 MB
  • After minification 1.6 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Bg 4 images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 2.9 kB

  • Original 151.1 kB
  • After minification 151.1 kB
  • After compression 148.2 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 1.3 kB

  • Original 62.7 kB
  • After minification 62.7 kB
  • After compression 61.4 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Bg4.me has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 25 (27%)

Requests Now

91

After Optimization

66

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 91 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Bg 4. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 19 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

bg4.me

bg4.me

45 ms

bitly.com

bitly.com

100 ms

bitly.com

bitly.com

41 ms

1732570535-css062fd37ce3e76f6ba3d00419afd9beb53beef5fef7af0c71757ea36ffdd1b.css

1732570535-css062fd37ce3e76f6ba3d00419afd9beb53beef5fef7af0c71757ea36ffdd1b.css

25 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

72 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

88 ms

onetrust.js

onetrust.js

87 ms

16488430484.js

16488430484.js

88 ms

language-cookie.js

language-cookie.js

86 ms

script.min.js

script.min.js

93 ms

new-tab.js

new-tab.js

162 ms

foundation.min.js

foundation.min.js

162 ms

mega-menu.js

mega-menu.js

161 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

158 ms

freehook.js

freehook.js

161 ms

collapsible-cards.js

collapsible-cards.js

161 ms

owl.carousel.min.js

owl.carousel.min.js

245 ms

testimonials.js

testimonials.js

246 ms

cards-slider.js

cards-slider.js

246 ms

26740822.js

26740822.js

542 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

311 ms

bitly.com

bitly.com

210 ms

widget.js

widget.js

226 ms

bitly_logo.svg

bitly_logo.svg

158 ms

a5a5dc603cc30aff5728.svg

a5a5dc603cc30aff5728.svg

165 ms

link-icon.svg

link-icon.svg

159 ms

qr-icon.svg

qr-icon.svg

160 ms

barcode-icon.svg

barcode-icon.svg

163 ms

analytics-icon.svg

analytics-icon.svg

163 ms

link-in-bio-icon.svg

link-in-bio-icon.svg

166 ms

link-in-bio-1.svg

link-in-bio-1.svg

165 ms

branded-links.svg

branded-links.svg

168 ms

mobile-links.svg

mobile-links.svg

172 ms

utm-campaigns.svg

utm-campaigns.svg

167 ms

Hubspot-Logo-150x150.png

Hubspot-Logo-150x150.png

168 ms

canva-logo-app-connectors-150x150.png

canva-logo-app-connectors-150x150.png

174 ms

6dbb6fe937dc60355f94.svg

6dbb6fe937dc60355f94.svg

178 ms

check-circle.svg

check-circle.svg

169 ms

user-survey.svg

user-survey.svg

174 ms

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product-packaging.svg

175 ms

print-ad.svg

print-ad.svg

178 ms

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digital-advertisement.svg

178 ms

content-share.svg

content-share.svg

179 ms

site_resource_qr-future-1.png

site_resource_qr-future-1.png

181 ms

stars.svg

stars.svg

179 ms

freehook-tab.svg

freehook-tab.svg

187 ms

icon_product-links.svg

icon_product-links.svg

189 ms

icon_product-qr-codes.svg

icon_product-qr-codes.svg

193 ms

freehook-bg.svg

freehook-bg.svg

182 ms

arrow-right-redesign.svg

arrow-right-redesign.svg

165 ms

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orange-checkmark.svg

158 ms

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176 ms

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163 ms

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174 ms

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90 ms

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94 ms

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113 ms

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108 ms

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108 ms

url-shortener-icon.svg

url-shortener-icon.svg

102 ms

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cta-arrow-up.svg

106 ms

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202aca5a2f71834d7a85.svg

104 ms

qr-code-card-opt.png

qr-code-card-opt.png

108 ms

qr-codes-icon.svg

qr-codes-icon.svg

116 ms

pages-card-opt.png

pages-card-opt.png

136 ms

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landing-pages-icon.svg

102 ms

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icon_paying-customers.svg

119 ms

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icon_codes-links-created.svg

103 ms

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121 ms

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icon_connections-monthly.svg

131 ms

quotes.svg

quotes.svg

138 ms

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137 ms

phill-gergen.png

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137 ms

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137 ms

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136 ms

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137 ms

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136 ms

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136 ms

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133 ms

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145 ms

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133 ms

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135 ms

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135 ms

stars-effects.svg

stars-effects.svg

126 ms

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footer-img_desktop@2x.png

126 ms

footer-img_mobile@2x.png

footer-img_mobile@2x.png

123 ms

globe.svg

globe.svg

121 ms

caret-filled.svg

caret-filled.svg

126 ms

stars.svg

stars.svg

121 ms

widget_app_base_1732693503366.js

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145 ms

button-right-brand.svg

button-right-brand.svg

84 ms

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23 ms

Accessibility Review

bg4.me accessibility score

98

Accessibility Issues

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Best Practices

bg4.me best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

bg4.me SEO score

86

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Bg4.me can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Bg4.me main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

bg4.me

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Bg 4. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: